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Supporters of abortion rights rallied outside the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.

What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe” What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe”

The anti-abortion movement was methodical and radical at the same time. The abortion-rights movement must be too.

Feb 10, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela

The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela

A look back at The Nation’s 130 years of articles about Venezuela reveals that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Feb 10, 2026 / Column / Richard Kreitner

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Letters From the March 2026 Issue Letters From the March 2026 Issue

Basement books… Kate Wagner replies… Reading Pirandello (online only)… Gus O’Connor replies…

Feb 10, 2026 / Our Readers, Kate Wagner, and Gus O’Connor

The Long Shadow of the “Jewish Question”

The Long Shadow of the “Jewish Question” The Long Shadow of the “Jewish Question”

After the Holocaust, Israel was hailed as the solution to an essentially antisemitic debate. Now, as another genocide unfolds—in Gaza—Jews are once again questioning the question....

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Joseph Dana

The Colorful Block in 2025.

Gaza Is Still Here Gaza Is Still Here

Despite a “ceasefire,” Israel’s killing has not ended. Neither has the determination of the Palestinian people to survive.

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Rayan El Amine, Lizzy Ratner, and Jack Mirkinson

How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left

How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left

The co-leader of Die Linke helped rescue the party and make it into a political force. But can she beat back Germany’s ascendant far right?

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Carol Schaeffer

The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries

The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries

With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics...

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos

The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon

The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon

From “The Crying Lot of 49” to his latest noirs, the American novelist has always proceeded along a track strangely parallel to our own.

Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel

Nation Poetry

How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror

Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Sunnyside Yard circa 1971.

Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York

Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task.

Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

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